This blog is about a road trip I did in 2008 to all 30 MLB ballparks in45 days. Along the way, I interviewed fans and filmed other significant events of the trip for a documentary called "Twice in a Lifetime". What makes this really unique is that I also traveled to all 30 ballparks in 1998 in the same car! If you would like to contact me please e-mail me at timsmith75@yahoo.com or call 212.706.8904

Friday, September 5, 2008

Day 28; AT&T Park, San Francisco; September 5

Theoretically we are supposed to drive from LA to San Francisco today via the PCH. A few wrong turns on access and unmarked roads along with an unauthorized stop to Carl's Jr. for breakfast, delays us early, but we eventually have a fairly scenic (albeit foggy) ride along the left coast. Highlights of the ride include stopping for lunch at a Mexican dive called Chachos, realizing Scott forgot our Sunday Yanks/Mariners tickets at his house, passing Ebay/ Yahoo/Google/Microsoft and Oracle and Stanford on Route 101 and snagging a few free happy hour beers at the bar at Embassy Suites. We get to AT&T Park about 6:45(without tickets of course) and watch the first inning from a FREE standing room spot in right field. A scalper tries to SELL us tickets while we stand in the FREE section and I tell him to go jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. We eventually buy upper deck seats for $8 so we can check out the stadium and enjoy the famous Gilroy Garlic Fries. Other highlights include Scott dumping the peppers and onions from his sausage on my favorite pair of shorts (and then scooping them off my shorts and eating them), cutting in front of crying four year olds to ride the frightening 'Guzzler' slide sponsored by Coke (see above), and finding out Scott's wife, Anita, had saved the day by overnighting our Sunday tickets to tomorrow's hotel! 20 parks down and 10 to go!

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I am a writer from NYC and also own my own event video company. I am single and live alone with my very small dog, Sammy. In my spare time I like to obsess over the Yankees and perform stand-up comedy on occasion. I worked as a reporter at Sports Illustrated in 2001-2002 with highlights including the research for the SI cover jinx story, an interview/feature with former President Gerald Ford as well as a few other small feature stories and plenty of fact-checking. I traveled the country in 1998 to all 30 ballparks making it to the last park (Toronto) on the last day of the season in the 9th inning. It was an amazing trip so I decided to do it again....Please come along for the ride.